Floor waxer and polisher



A. S. BOYLE FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHER Apr. 10, 1923. 1,451,200

Filed Feb. 25, 1922 6H0: new

Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

ALFRED S. BOYLE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FLOOR WAXER AND POLISHEB.

Application filed February 25, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED S. BOYLE, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati,in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in a Floor \Vaxer andPolisher, of which the followingis a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a floor polishing and waxingdevice that will not require the operator to exert any appreciabledownward pressure upon the handle, but willby its own weight supplysufficient frictional contact with the surface being waxed or polished,so that the operator need apply only the force necessary to propel thedevice over the surface being treated.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a device of the typereferred to, wherein the elements bear such relation that accidentalcontact of the polisher with furniture will not mar or scratch thefurniture.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved means for mountingand detaching waxing and polishing cloths upon the device. I

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for the purposestated that is simple in construction and assembly.

These and other objects are obtained by means described herein anddisclosed in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, parts being broken away, of a deviceembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of thedevice shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, on a slightly reducedscale.

The device of my invention comprises a base consisting of a bottom plate4: having a depression 5 formed in its upper face, the depression beingbounded by an upwardly extending flange 6 extending around the bottomplate. A pair of lugs 7 extend upwardly from the depressed top face ofthe bottom plate, and carry a pin 8 which serves as a pivotal mountingfor a handle 9. The pin may be retained in position by any suitablemeans such as by means of a cotter pin 10. A top plate 11 havingsubstantially the same form as the bottom plate, is adapted to bemounted upon the bottom plate and to fit into the depression 5 in thebottom plate, the top plate being of such size that there Serial No.539,309.

is but little clearance left between the edges or side walls 12 of thetop plate, and the inner walls 13 of the flange 11 of the bottom plate.The top plate has an aperture 15 formed in 1t, through which aperturethe lugs 7 extend. The top plate has a depressed upper face 16 boundedby acircumferential flange 17 having inner Walls 18 extendingsubstantially in parallelism, upwardly from the depressed face 16' ofthe top plate. Bolts 19 are mounted upon the bottom plate and extendthrough the top plate and nuts 20 mounted on the bolts secure the topplate and bottom plate upon one another. A felt pad 21 1s mounted uponthe bottom plate, extends over the entire lower face and side wallthereof, and has its edges disposed upon the depressed face 14 of thebottom plate, said edges being secured between the top plate and bottomplate. A waxing clot-h 22 extends over the felt pad and has its longitudinal ends disposed within the depressed portion of the top plate.An arched spring frame 23 is mounted in the depression in the top plate,and has its opposite ends seated in engagement upon the longitudinalends of the polishing clot-h 22, the tension of the frame serving tobind the ends of the polishlng cloth on the top plate. One of the crossbars 24 of the spring frame has revolubly mounted on it a sleeve 25.This sleeve is adapted to rotate freely, thereby facilitating themounting and demounting of the frame on the base.

The cloth 22 is fitted about the lower face of the base or block, andextends over the longitudinal ends thereof, the ends of the cloth beingsecured by the arched spring 23. The waxing compound is inserted betweenlayers of the cloth 22, and then the block is moved over the area to bewaxed by means of the handle affixed thereto. The weight of the blockwill be sufficient, together with the friction developed by themanipulation of the block, to feed the wax through the cloth 22 and toapply it to the area to be treated. After the wax has been applied tothe given area, the arched frame is lifted and the cloth containing thewax is removed, and the block then manipulated over the said area, thefelt pad polishing the same.

What I claim is:

1. In a floor waxer and Polisher, the combination of a base comprising atop and a bottom plate both of which have depressed upper faces, the topplate being adapted to seat in the depression in the bottom plate, meansto secure the plates upon one another, and an arched Wire frame adaptedto seat in the depression in the top plate.

2. In a floor waxer and polisher, the combination of a base comprisingtop and bottom plates. the top plate being adapted to be mounted on thebottom plate, a felt pad mounted on the bottom plate and having itsedges secured between the plates, means'to secure the plates upon oneanother whereby the edges of the felt pad are clamped between theplates, the top plate having a de f pression in its upper face, a fabricstrip eX-- lQIlCllIlg from one end of the depression, over the lowerface of the felt pad, and terminating at the other end of thedepression, and an arched spring frame adapted to be sprung into, and tohave its ends held, by the 20 cross bars, means connecting the crossbars,

and a sleeve revolubly mounted on one of the cross bars.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 16th dayof Feb, 1922.

ALFRED S. BOYLE.

